Invent Iowa is a statewide program developed to promote the invention process as part of the regular K-12 curriculum. “We encourage students to develop inventions that are new, useful, nonobvious, and also meet the requirements for a U.S. patent,” says Clar Baldus, University of Iowa Belin-Blank Center.

For many Asian residents of Iowa, the New Year arrives this year on January 23. That Monday will bring the first new moon in the “lunisolar” calendar, which reflects both the solar year and the monthly phase of the moon.

You’re so good you should be on Broadway: The actors at The Old Creamery Theatre often hear that from their audiences. They’re flattered, but they say they should be good. They’re theater professionals who are paid for their creative talent.